Binder.



No. 785,651. PATENTED MAR'. 21, 1,905.

J. R. BARRETT.

BINDER.

APPLmATIoN FILED JAN. 2, 190s.

Patented March 21, 1905.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN BARRETT, OF GHIOAGO, ILLINOIS.

BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,651, dated March 21, 1905.

Original application filed October 13, 1897, Serial No. 655,053. Divided and this application filed I auuary 2, 1903. Serial No. 137,533.

T all whom, it mm1/y concern:

Be itknown that I, JOHN R. BARRETT, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Chicago,

` in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Binders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to binders of the Emerson type, patented July 7, 1868, No. 79,560, and reissued September 12, 1871, N o. 4,545, and has for its object to provide certain improvements relating particularly to the devices for securing the ends of the cord.

My improvements consist in substituting for each of the cleats heretofore employed for securing each of the ends of the corda pair of hooks spaced a short distance apart and oppositely disposed, so that their openings lie away from each other. The end of the cord may therefore be belayed or wound upon said hooks, and thereby eifectually secured in place.

A further improvementconsists in employing such hooks in connection with a perforation between them through which the end of the cord is passed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a partial plan view of the inside of a binder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a partial end view. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a part of one of the strips, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the parts shown in Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, 5 6 indicate the backs or covers of the binder, and 7 the hinge.

8 9 indicate the binder-strips, and 10 indicates the cord, of which 11 12 indicate the ends. The strip 8 is provided with perforations 13 14 near its ends and preferably with intermediate perforations 15 16, the latter being employed to secure the intermediate portion of the cord and prevent it from slippinglongitudinally, as set forth in my pending application, Serial No. 108,851, tiled May 24, 1902. In lieu of the perforations 15 16 other suitable means may be employed for this purpose, as set forth in my pending application, Serial No. 655,053, filed October 13, 1897, of which application this is a division.

17 18 indicate hooks, a pair of which is secured to the strip 9 near the ends thereof. As shown in the drawings. the hooks 17v 18 are spaced a short distance apart' and are oppositely arranged, their free ends lying away from each other, so that the cord may be secured by belaying' it upon said hooks. Each hook is provided with a flat portion 19, by which it is secured to the strip, the portions 19 of each pair of hooks extending away from each other, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 3. I thus provide a free space in which the bulk of the cord lieswhen secured upon the hooks, so that it may lie Hatter and not project to an objectionable extent above the surface of the strip, as is apt to be the case where cleats are employed. Between the hooks 17 18 of each pair is provided a perforation 20 for the cord, as shown in Fig. 1. The perforations 20 are best formed by inserting an eyelet in the strip 9 between the hooks.

By employing the pairs of hooks as above described, having the body portions 19 extending away from each other, leaving the strip 9 between the hooks of its original thickness, I am enabled to employ ordinary eyelets to form the perforations 20, and as they do not serve to secure thehooks in place lighter and cheaper eyelets may be used.

\ My invention is not restricted in its application to binders having the hinge or back portion 7, as it may be applied to disconnected covers, nor in other respects is it limited to the specific construction illustrated and described except in so far as such construction is particularly claimed.

That which I claim as my invention, and de-` sire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a binder, the combination of covers, a binder-strip,A cord-retaining devices carried by said binder-strip comprising a pair of separate oppositely-arranged hooks, arranged adjacent to each other and spaced a distance apart to provide an open space between them, and a perforation through said strip adjacent to said hooks for the passage of the cord, substantially as described.

2. In a binder, the combination of covers, a binder-strip, and cord-retaining devices carried by said binder-strip, comprising a pair of oppositely-disposed hooks arranged adjacent IOO by said binder-strip, comprising a pair of op` positely-disposed hooks arranged adjacent to each other and spaced a distance apart to provide an open. space between them, said hooks having attaching portions which also extend away from each other and are secured to the binder-strip, and a perforation between said hooks for the passage of the cord, substantially as described.

5. Acord-retainingdevice for binders, comprising a pair of separate op positely-arranged hooks, arranged adjacent to each other and spaced a distance apart to provide an open space between them in combination with a suitable support having a perforation adjacent to said hooks for the passage of the cord, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a suitable support, of a cord-retaining device comprising a pair of oppositely-disposed hooks arranged adjacent to each other and spaced a distance apart to provide an open space between them, and a perforation in said support between said hooks,

substantially as described.

JOHN R. BARRETT. Witnesses:

JOHN L. JACKSON, JULIA M. BRISTOL. 

